Pensando En Parientes

Picture is from favorite childhood book of mine,   EIGHT COUSINS , a lesser known novel by Louisa May Alcott which I actually prefer over   LITTLE WOMEN .  Character dressed in expensive and fashionable attire is  Rose   (in decorative pinafore with "angel wings" type frill similar to top worn by Carmen in PALF), a wealthy girl who goes to live with relatives after death of her bookworm invalid father, her mother having died before she could remember. Rose  befriends and comes to treat as a sister  Phebe ,  the other girl shown--a foundling with a beautiful singing voice who came to work as servant in curious rambling family home shortly before Rose came to live there.  Colonial era house is full of exotic treasures from around the world, brought back to New England by generations of merchant sailors who made the family fortune.  Rose's elderly aunts are named  Peace  and  Plenty  (one has romantic tale of her own you...

  English subtitles  https://youtu.be/2hM5WnvhTyQ Spanish https://youtu.be/ZLjPREoZXBI (no subtitles, but available on NBC app or English version as CC option) Just noticed Oct 3, 2022 that above link isn't working.  Maybe later will go back and update. Spanish subtitles   https://youtu.be/niE2P13G0Bo Spanish word " papel " literally means paper, but also is term used for the part, role, or character an actor plays.  May not just be coincidental similarity that at this point in story, Carmen is " sin papel " and " sin papeles ".  Clio underlines by saying she and Andy are going to celebrate being the  only  protagonists of George's movie.  After Carmen sings "La Llorona" (Weeping woman)  https://www.letras.com/chavela-vargas/399792/, studio lawyer (whose name that is of an angel, Gabriel) comes to tell Carmen--being undocumented, and no longer having contract that would assist her in getting a work Visa--she has less than thirty day...

  English subtitles  https://youtu.be/5aN_SeDrhGk Spanish https://youtu.be/9qB7Szrkw98 Angel wings top worn by Carmen has "sleeves" that are little frills, like some old-fashioned pinafores)  Her  round  purse is red (even more noticeable when she stands in front of Andy's  red  truck which his father gave him--so perhaps color red might refer to blood ties/family--or as in expression "seeing red" mean anger?    Contrasts with her square brown bag used at other times which may stand for opposite of love & family .  -------------------------------------- Tania tells Clio that she'd like to become her manager, and asks that since she's already been helping the actress, Clio might help her, revealing that now Carmen is out of the picture and Leti has revealed the horrendous person she really is, Tania feels George should have a " espectacular " woman at his side--herself.   CLIO remarks to Tania (her gesturing hand almost touc...

  English subtitles  https://youtu.be/bEbOuV13BcI Spanish  https://youtu.be/r0GIhd2YbqE "El trabajo dignifica la gente" GEORGE:   Margarita, nadie te esta cobrando nada.  Ademas, yo me sentiria muy incomodo con ustedes trabajando como la servidumbre en mi casa.  Son la familia de la mujer que yo amo.   MARGARITA:  B ueno, pues, me da alegria a saber, a pesar de todo, pues, la sigues amando. GEORGE:   Bueno, estoy muy enojado con Carmen, eso no te lo voy a negar, pero la sigo amando con toda el alma.  MARGARITA:  Hum! (smiling)  GEORGE:   Necesito hablar con ella, Margarita.  La he llamado mil veces y no me contesta.  Tu sabes donde esta? MARGARITA:   No me preguntes eso, George.  GEORGE:   Es que necesito verla, yo quiero que me diga en mi  cara  si es verdad que lo nuestro no tiene futuro.   Si esa decision que tomo publicamente...no tiene vuelta a...